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history in Arabic

تَارِيخ tārīḵ

/ˈhɪs.tə.ɹi/

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British/ˈhɪst͡ʃ(ə)ɹɪj/

history in Arabic: تَارِيخ (tārīḵ), تاريخ (tarīḵ), مَحْفُوظَات (maḥfūẓāt). In English, history means the aggregate of past events, both unrecorded and recorded.

Arabic words for history

aggregate of past events
تَارِيخ tārīḵ, تاريخ tarīḵ
branch of knowledge that studies the past
تَارِيخ tārīḵ, تاريخ tarīḵ
set of events involving an entity
تَارِيخ tārīḵ
record or narrative description of past events
تَارِيخ tārīḵ
computing: record of previous user events
مَحْفُوظَات maḥfūẓāt

English meaning of history

  1. noun The aggregate of past events, both unrecorded and recorded.
  2. noun The empirical study of past events, as distinct from literature, myth, or scripture; the assessment of notable events.
  3. noun The portion of the past that is known and recorded by this field of study, as opposed to all earlier and unknown times that preceded it.
  4. noun A set of events involving an entity.

Full definition of history

history in a sentence

  • The history of mammals stretches back many millions of years.
  • History repeats itself if we don’t learn from its mistakes.
  • He dreams of an invention that will make history.

Synonyms of history

All synonyms of history

history in other languages

Questions about history in Arabic

What is the meaning of history in Arabic?
History in Arabic is تَارِيخ (tārīḵ), تاريخ (tarīḵ), مَحْفُوظَات (maḥfūẓāt).
ما معنى كلمة history؟
History: تَارِيخ (tārīḵ), تاريخ (tarīḵ), مَحْفُوظَات (maḥfūẓāt).
What does history mean in English?
History means the aggregate of past events, both unrecorded and recorded.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: history (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Arabic words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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